Stella Spoils 3.30.17

@CHRISTIANANNSCHAFFER"A calm morning on Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park. After a 14km paddle through the night to catch sunrise at Spirit Island, those first rays of sunlight felt like Christmas morning."

Back in 2009, Beatrice Valenzuela – stylist, artist, designer, and the founder of the insanely popular Echo Park Craft Fair – debuted her now iconic shoe line which has steadily developed a cult following. A California transplant and Mexico native, Valenzuela is inspired by the light and colors of her life and past experiences, creating pieces that exude a vibrant, dynamic warmth. The Sandalia (available in a selection of colors borrowed from nature) are elegantly simple handmade sandals made with dense sculpted foam in the sole and soft lambskin in the uppers that are designed to mold to your feet with wear. Check out the collection below.

There are a few things Instagram loves, but essentially it mostly comes down to cool people, clever imagery and human flesh. It’s rare to see someone manage to propagate this holy trinity as brilliantly, succinctly and cliché-avoidantly as stick ‘n’ poke tattoo artist Tati Compton. Her beautifully expressive linework and distinctive illustration style have placed her firmly in the vanguard of artists leading a recent revival of the somewhat primitive stick ‘n’ poke technique.